Sungkyunkwan University Station

Sungkyunkwan University Station (Station P153) is a ground-level metro station on line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Yuljeon Dong, Jangan Gu, Suwon, South Korea. The station's sole exit offers access to Sungkyunkwan University and Dongnam Health College. Travel time from Sungkyunkwan University Station to Seoul Station on Line 1 is 54 minutes, and travelling to Sungkyunkwan University's other campus, by Hyehwa Station in Seoul, takes 67 minutes, transferring to Line 4 at Geumjeong.
Extension work recently set on Sungkyunkwan university station with 4 floors including café and community center that can handle more than 50,000 people a day and this construction will be finished at the end of 2016.

History

Sungkyunkwan University Station opened on February 1, 1979, under the name of Yuljeon Station (율전역/), a name taken from the dong in which it is located. Five years later, on January 1, 1984, it was renamed Seongdae-ap Station (성대앞역/앞), taking its name as an abbreviated form of the nearby Sungkyunkwan University campus. It was only on December 1, 1994 that it took its current full name of Sungkyunkwan University Station. In 2008, Suwon City Council operated a 20-day public consultation on changing the name of the station once again. It had three suggestions, being a return to the name Yuljeon Station (율전역/), Yuljeon Station (Sungkyunkwan University Station) (율전역(성균관대역)/()) and Sungkyunkwan University Station (Yuljeon Station) (성균관대역(율전역)/()), though it was also possible for the public to suggest alternative names. At the end of this consultation period, no change was made.

Services

The first train of the day weekdays (not including national holidays) is at 5.18 a.m. northbound and 5.33 a.m. southbound, while the last is at 11.57 p.m. northbound and 12.18 a.m. southbound. Northbound trains have various destinations. Some terminate at Guro, some at Dongmyo, others at Cheongnyangni, while some continue as far as Kwangwoon Univ. and . None however, continue beyond Kwangwoon Univ. and , so if travel beyond is required, it is necessary to change trains. Some southbound trains terminate at Byeongjeom, while the remainder continue to Cheonan or . The express train bound for Cheongnyangni station and Cheonan station / Sinchang station stops at the station.

Photos

Image:Korail_Sungkyunkwan_University_Station_platform_at_night.jpg, The platforms at night
Image:Goods Train at Sungkyunkwan University Station at Night.JPG, A goods train passing through at night
Image:Tanks at Sungkyunkwan University Station.JPG, Tanks passing through the station
Image:Tracks towards Uiwang from Sungkyunkwan University Station at Night.JPG, The tracks towards Uiwang

References

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Metro stations in Suwon
Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations
Railway stations opened in 1979